Consumption, Retirement and Life-cycle Prices: Evidence From Spain.

Evidence from several countries reveals a substantial drop in household consumption around retirement age that some researchers believe is difficult to reconcile with standard life-cycle models. Using detailed expenditure data from a Spanish panel survey, we find no evidence of a consumption-retire...

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Main Authors: Sevilla-Sanz, A, Luengo-Prado, M
Format: Working paper
Language:English
Published: Department of Economics (University of Oxford) 2010